Félix de Vandenesse

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fictional character literary character narrator nobleman

Félix de Vandenesse is the introspective young nobleman and narrator of Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Lys dans la vallée," whose unfulfilled, idealized love shapes the story’s emotional core.

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Label Occurrences
Félix de Vandenesse canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
narrator ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
appearsIn Autre étude de femme ⓘ
Le Contrat de mariage ⓘ
Le Lys dans la vallée ⓘ
associatedTheme education sentimentale ⓘ
associatedWithHistoricalPeriod Bourbon Restoration ⓘ
centralThemeRelation conflict between passion and duty ⓘ
idealization of women ⓘ
unfulfilled love ⓘ
characterArc moral and emotional maturation through suffering ⓘ
characterTrait idealistic ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
sensitive ⓘ
createdBy Honoré de Balzac ⓘ
emotionalArc from youthful passion to disillusionment ⓘ
emotionalCoreOf Le Lys dans la vallée ⓘ
familyName de Vandenesse ⓘ
fictionalUniverse La Comédie humaine ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1836 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasSibling Charles de Vandenesse ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
literaryFunction exemplar of the sensitive young man in Restoration society ⓘ
literaryMovement French realism ⓘ
loveInterest Henriette de Mortsauf ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
narrativeDevice retrospective autobiography ⓘ
narrativeForm writes a confessional letter ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
parentalRelation son of the Comtesse de Vandenesse ⓘ
partOf Scènes de la vie de campagne ⓘ
Études de mœurs ⓘ
surface form: Études de moeurs
roleInWork first-person narrator of Le Lys dans la vallée ⓘ
protagonist of Le Lys dans la vallée ⓘ
romanticRelationship Natalie de Manerville ⓘ
settingAssociated Touraine ⓘ
Vallée de l’Indre ⓘ
socialClass French nobility ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Le Lys dans la vallée → majorCharacter → Félix de Vandenesse ⓘ
Scènes de la vie de province → hasNotableCharacter → Félix de Vandenesse ⓘ
The Lily of the Valley → protagonist → Félix de Vandenesse ⓘ
Henriette de Mortsauf → loveInterestOf → Félix de Vandenesse ⓘ
Henriette de Mortsauf → hasUnconsummatedLoveWith → Félix de Vandenesse ⓘ